IPL 2025: Steve Smith announces, will give his name in IPL auction

Preparations have started for IPL 2025. However, the BCCI has not yet been able to decide whether the IPL 2025 auction will be mega or small. It is expected that the board will take a final decision on this soon. Amidst all this, the players have started preparing to give their names. This time the most attention will be on those players who have been giving their names in the auction for the last few seasons, but they are not able to find any buyer. Meanwhile, Australian legend Steve Smith has announced that he will also give his name in the IPL 2025 auction.

Steve Smith last played in IPL 2021. Since then, he has been continuously giving his name in the auction, but no franchise is showing interest in him. Despite this, he has not lost courage. He has been playing good T20 cricket for some time now. In such a situation, there is hope of him being bought into the IPL again. Recently, he has performed brilliantly in the MLC tournament. He was the third-highest run-scorer in this tournament.

Steve Smith made his IPL debut in 2012. He played for Rajasthan Royals for several consecutive years and also captained. After this, RR released him. In the next IPL auction, Delhi Capitals expressed faith in him, but he could not live up to expectations. Because of this, Delhi also released him. Since then, he has been continuously giving his name in the auction but remains unsold.

Talking about Steve Smith's IPL career, so far he has played 103 matches, in which he has scored a total of 2485 runs at an average of 34.51 and a strike rate of 128.09. He also has 11 half-centuries and a century to his name in the IPL. His best score is 101 runs.